Keeper of the Turkeys [Gardeuse de dindons]

1876

Francesco Paolo Michetti

Associated Names
Francesco Paolo Michetti

Artist, Italian, 1851 - 1929

The image shows a woman standing in a lush, foliage-filled environment. She is holding a stick in her left hand, wearing a flower crown and a long, patterned dress. The background is filled with sketched branches and blooming flowers.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and roulette [proof before letters]

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 49 × 32 cm (19 5/16 × 12 5/8 in.) [irregular]
    plate: 28.5 × 22.5 cm (11 1/4 × 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.30.20

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Beraldi: undesc.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Il Bulino Antiche Stampe, Milan); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • From Neoclassicism to Futurism: Italian Prints and Drawings, 1800- 1925, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2014 - 2015.

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: undesc.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: FP Michetti f; upper right in plate: FP Michetti [in reverse]; upper right in plate margin: 552.

Wikidata ID

Q76561663

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